The Electronic Library: Volume 7 Issue 1

The electronic library manager's guide to exotic conferences: Havana

This is the third conference report in what is obviously getting to become a series. The first two you may recall were on conferences in Bangkok (Thailand) and Bourgas (Bulgaria)…

Requirements for a user‐friendly OPAC

Dirk W. Fokker

Online public access catalogues (OPACs) are an outcome of library computerisation and online information retrieval systems. With the computerised search system provided by the…

Using dBase III for self‐help information services

Jean B. Hopson, Jimmy T. Yeung

Small, specialized libraries are often unable to provide reference assistance at all hours the library is open. A means was sought to give MBA students guidance in locating…

PC Corner

In my August 1988 editorial I noted that I wished to start a PC Help column which would give advice and commentary to readers. I am pleased to announce that a colleague of mine…

PRS: Professional Plan — a spreadsheet contender

T. Scott Plutchak

Users with sophisticated, complex spreadsheet needs will find PFS: Professional Plan to be a very efficient, easy‐to‐use and easy‐to‐learn package. PFS: Professional Plan runs on…

Image processing and page presentation: part 1

A.E. Cawkell

A brief history of image (page) processing is provided, followed by an explanation of certain basic parameters such as resolution, halftones and colour, the quantity of data in…

News

The Commercial Invoice is the first EDI message to gain worldwide acceptance, and it has been registered as a standard by the United Nations. The action was hailed by the…